Hobnobbing with the big donors:

I was scheduled to go to a very cool fundraiser for Barack tomorrow night (Kurt Elling providing the entertainment at a local artist's studio), but the campaign called to say it had been cancelled due to some scheduling conflicts.

So I get three options:
1) let the campaign keep my contribution,
2) have my contribution returned, or
3) get a ticket to another fundraiser for the donation I made, which is less than half the minimum requested donation, said fundraiser being a concert with Ramsey Lewis, Stevie Wonder and Robin Williams.

Which do you think I chose? ;-))

And in other cool news:

Nextbook is bringing Tony Kushner to speak in Chicago, on a date I can actually go! And it's free! I've already reserved a ticket. (This is a great site, by the way, worth checking out even if you don't live in an area where they have public programs.)